The Riviera set
Subtitle: glitz, glamour, and the hidden world of high society
By: Mary S. Lovell
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9781681775159
Subjects: Rich people; Chateau de l'Horizon; History
Description: The story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau de l'Horizon near Cannes, covering a span of forty years, from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-408) and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning...Jessie Dermot; title: Miss Maxine Elliott; title: Hartsbourne; title: Maxine's war; title: Courtesans and Assignations; title: Winston; title: A new King; title: Final fling; title: The lights go out over Europe; title: War on the Riviera; title: Return of peace; title: Prince Aly Khan; title: Rita Hayworth; title: "A marriage has been arranged"; title: Wedding of the century; title: Marital troubles; title: Changes; title: Causes and effects; title: End of an era; title: Epilogue; title: Postscript.